Dallas beat Querétaro 2:0 in the Group Stage of the Cup of the League on 6 August 2026. S. Moreno opened the scoring just before half-time and J. Valiente added a second early in the second half. The hosts kept a clean sheet and moved clear in their group.
And here's the thing about the twentieth minute — it's when A. A. Julio Santos came on for Dallas, a change that set the tone for the second half. By then the visitors had already seen L. Abascia booked on the stroke of half-time. C. Holstad followed Santos on the hour, and the visitors responded with J. Martinez at fifty-five.
S. Moreno's goal in the forty-seventh minute came from a well-worked move. Dallas had 53 per cent of the ball and created three big chances, while Querétaro also managed three but lacked the finishing. More shots on target for the hosts — eight to eight, but Dallas kept it tighter.
Valiente made it two in the eighty-first minute. He had been on since the eighty, replacing C. Cappis alongside B. Duarte. The home side's keeper made eight saves while the away keeper managed six. Both teams received three yellow cards each, with A. Avila and O. Urhoghide both booked for Querétaro in the sixty-eighth.
By then the result was settled. Dallas had 380 passes against Querétaro's 319, but the visitors pressed harder with 104 attacks to 77. The difference was in the final third — Dallas took 179 passes into the opposition half while Querétaro managed 263, yet the visitors couldn't turn that into goals.
To be fair, this wasn't a dominant performance from Dallas. They had already lost 0-1 to San Diego and drawn 2-2 with Portland in their last five. But a clean sheet against a side that had beaten Tigres 3-2 just days earlier was enough to keep them in contention.